"This event involving torches at night in Lee Park was either profoundly ignorant or was designed to instill fear in our minority populations in a way that hearkens back to the days of the KKK," Signer said in a statement.
"Either way, as mayor of this City, I want everyone to know this: we reject this intimidation," he said. "We are a Welcoming City, but such intolerance is not welcome here."